What attributions do Australian high-performing general practices make for their success? Applying the clinical microsystems framework: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify the success attributions of high-performing Australian general practices and the enablers and barriers they envisage for practices wishing to emulate them.

Design

Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and content analysis of the data. Responses were recorded, transcribed verbatim and coded according to success characteristics of high-performing clinical microsystems.

Setting

Primary healthcare with the participating general practices representing all Australian states and territories, and representing metropolitan and rural locations.

Participants

Twenty-two general practices identified as high performing via a number of success criteria. The 52 participants were 19 general practitioners, 18 practice managers and 15 practice

SUBMITTER: Dunham AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5898343 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature